In Before the Patches!

This will be a fairly quick update, partly because I expect to be doing another one when we break through the patches line later today. When this drive ends on Tuesday, we will sit as the #4 most funded project ever on Kickstarter, a position that we will hold for a princely 21 days—a fortnight and a half—until Double Fine knocks us back down to the #5 spot. But then we will stay in that $5 spot, good sirs and madams, indefinitely.

Those who have also read the commentaries in Dungeon Crawlin' Fools will know that I first drew stick figures on the computer so that I could make impromptu miniatures for my first D&D Third Edition campaign. I was just getting back into gaming after years away from the hobby, and while I had a few miniatures to serve as the PCs, I needed about 15 bandits to try to steal their horses. So I came up with the idea of drawing simple stick figure thieves, which I printed out, folded up, and to which taped a penny to the inside bottom to make little tent-shaped minis that stood on their own.

With Mystery Prize #7, we come full circle as I pass on these stand-up minis to you. I will be producing a digital document featuring sheets of hi-res OOTS-style monster images to make your own miniatures for your D&D game. How many different monsters? How about 100 or more? All in scale with one another—about 1.5" tall for Medium creatures, perfect for interacting with regular minis—and presented in both color and cost-cutting greyscale. Plus a selection of "hero" types to use as well. And if you don't partake in D&D at all, you can always just cut them out and give them to your kids to play with!

With that business out of the way, I give you the chart:

As I said at the beginning, I fully expect us to hit the embroidered patch line later today. Sometime after we do so, I'll update again, this time with a revised version of the Monster in the Darkness' "What Bonuses Do I Get?" chart. And don't think I'm letting this thing slow down just because we only have 4 days left. Holiday weekend or not, I've got plenty of last-minute surprises in store as we sprint to the finish.

Comments

The instructions for that pledge are quite restrictive. I think the box is barely big enough to take anything on top of the game. Hence the restriction to skinny books or the print. So, yes 80+20 for the game and the book and $25 with your second account seems the cheapest option.

One quick question for those more math/language-inclined - I own all the books except SS&DT and the board game so I've chosen the $80 "Just The Game" pledge and added $20 for the book. But the wall in my room is pining for the art print... Can I just add another $15 to get the print within the same pledge or do I have to create another account just to get the art print? Any help would be most appreciated!

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@tdelap -- or we have a better range of stuff to back. Frankly, unless you want to spend MUCH more for Double Fine, mostly you would stop at the $30 level... Whereas Rich -- brillint Rich -- gave us so much range of choices!!
@Rich -- please post the next update... I can't waaaiiiitttt.

I love how Roy is sliding down the chart. It's gonna hurt around the 230k level and I have no idea what happens when he gets to the bottom...

Side note: as of right now (2:09pm, EST), Double Fine has over $1.9 million pledged. But they have over 57,000 backers. OOTS has just over $850k and got there with a touch over 10,700 backers. SO the average Double Fine backer is in for $33.79 cents. The average OOTS backer has committed $79.41. So either we collectively have more disposable income or we're more committed. OR I'm just a numbers geek. ALL of these...?

@Peter --- No, you misunderstand - up until *now* he was upset at me for pledging because I'm on a tight budget. Now that there's D&D stuff involved he is more ok with it. Especially since I promised to let him use the figures in the campaign he's working on right now.

@Phillip --- It's less that I want to pledge, and more that I don't have a lot of extra money right now.

mmm, world turned askew when the BF is mad at his GF for spending too much on D&D and gaming type things....Of course every time I get my wife to look at the latest update...her reply is generally along the lines of ...I want I want I want...we NEED that too.... It is GOOD to share common interests....

Thanks Dakaran, I just got pointed at this thing a couple days ago and hadnt figured out how to go back and read the old updates until a few minutes ago. I realized after reading through the old posts that my question had been answered several times in the old posts.

Well as the Library (aka my only source of Internet connection) is closed Sunday and Monday (for Family Day, here in Canada) tomorrow will be the last time I can check in. So let me say "Whoot! OOTS style minis! (Both for in person and Fantasy Ground II gaming.)" and I hope nothing else is added that you can pay for, because that would make me a sad panda indeed... Since I'll have a 0% chance of actually getting it...